Monday, September 19, 2005
7:31 PM
It was just another mundane trip to camp for duty, made less dreary by my new mp3 player. As the bus was going onto the expressway, Angela Zhang's version of Journey started playing. I was happily savouring Angela's delightfully clear and crisp voice, when I got a shock after hearing one of the lines in the lyrics that I have never really noticed before even though I've heard it quite a few times. So I replayed the song, and this time, on top of savouring Angela's voice, I also listened intently for the lyrics.
When I carefully listened to the lyrics this time, I was fatally moved by the song. Good thing the guy in front did not see me dying in my seat. Would've been such an embarrasment.
So after the song ended, and I came back my senses, I could only marvel at what Corrinne May (the original singer-songwriter for the song) has done for me at a time when I've been feeling so desolate and distant.
I seriously wonder what those guys were thinking when they picked this song for Angela Zhang to sing for some soppy (apparently) romantic Taiwanese drama. Did they realise what this song is actually really about? I mean, there are no blatant indications in the lyrics, but anyone with a basic command of English and is not drunk or stoned would've noticed something...
Still don't know what the heck I'm talking about? I'd ask you to go listen to the song and lyrics yourself, but I guess I wouldn't bother if I were you too... So here it are the lyrics.
Journey
It's a long long journey
Till I know where I'm supposed to be
It's a long long journey
And I don't know if I can believe
When shadows fall and block my eyes
I am lost and know that I must hide
It's a long long journey
Till I find my way home to you
Many days I've spent
Drifting on through empty shores
Wondering what's my purpose
Wondering how to make me strong
I know I will falter I know I will cry
I know you'll be standing by my side
It's a long long journey
And I need to be close to you
Sometimes it feels no one understands
I don't even know why
I do the things I do
When pride builds me up till I can't see my soul
Will you break down these walls and pull me through
Cause It's a long long journey
Till I feel that I am worth the price
You paid for me on calvary
Beneath those stormy skies
When Satan mocks and friends turn to foes
It feel like everything is out to make me lose control
It's a long long journey
Till I find my way home to you
...
The second last stanza.
Calvary is the place where an alleged crucifixion once took place. I asked my friend about this song later in camp, and he told me they play it regularly on radio (the Corrinne May version though).
Hehe, how cool is that?
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